The Prep Lab
Portland, OR
Chicken teriyaki bento with white rice, cabbage and carrot veggie mix, sesame and scallions

Bold flavor,
by hand.

Two high-protein meals every week, cooked in a Portland kitchen and in your hands within forty-eight hours. Never frozen, never boring.

Get the weekly menu
35–55g protein ✦Cooked Saturday ✦Never frozen ✦Portland made ✦Two meals a week ✦Three meal minimum ✦ 35–55g protein ✦Cooked Saturday ✦Never frozen ✦Portland made ✦Two meals a week ✦Three meal minimum ✦
35–55g
Protein in every meal, portioned by weight
600–900
Calories, so it actually holds you
2
Options on the menu each week, always rotating
3
Meal minimum. No maximum, no subscription

Most meal prep is built to be tolerated.
Mine is built to be craved.

Green curry, shawarma, bibimbap, honey chipotle chicken, bolognese, barbecue. I cook two things a week and hand them to people who live nearby, which means I'm not designing around a shipping label. I'm cooking what I'd want to eat on a weekday.

Shoyu chicken thigh over white rice with sugar snap peas, sesame seeds and scallions
Shoyu chicken, sugar snap peas
Honey chipotle chicken with cilantro lime rice and black beans
Honey chipotle chicken, black beans
Grilled romesco chicken with roasted potatoes and green beans
Grilled romesco chicken, roasted potatoes

The week
runs like this

Thu
The menu goes out
Fri
Orders and payment due by noon. Hard cutoff — I shop that afternoon
Sat
Everything gets cooked. The smoker comes out for at least one of the two
Sun
Residential pickup and delivery
Mon
Office deliveries

Pickup and residential delivery are Sunday only. Office deliveries are Monday only. Worth knowing up front, in case that doesn't line up with your week.

Smoked BBQ chicken with roasted garlic mashed potatoes and green beans
Smoked BBQ chicken, garlic mash
Korean beef bibimbap with carrot, spinach, scallions and a fried egg
Korean beef bibimbap

What it
costs

3 to 9 meals$13.50per meal
10 or more$12.60per meal
Extra protein, 4 oz$5per meal

Containers included. Extra protein is optional and priced per meal, so you can add it to as many or as few as you want. Zelle, Venmo, or Cash App, due Friday at noon.

Getting
it to you

PickupFree
Under 5 mi$5per delivery
5 to 10 mi$10per delivery
Over 10 miAsk

Times and locations arranged in advance.

Cilantro lime chicken over cilantro lime rice with black beans
Cilantro lime chicken, black beans

Two options a week. The rotation keeps moving.

Usually chicken, pork, or lean ground beef, with the occasional feature meal. Everything is portioned by weight, so the container you pick up Sunday holds the same thing as the one your coworker gets Monday. The menu lands Thursday and you decide how many you want — three minimum, no maximum.

Behind the food

Who's cooking

Jake Anderson, owner of The Prep Lab

Ten years of bartending, managing and lead cooking taught me what I actually wanted, which was to cook food I picked, without someone else's menu telling me what to make.

So that's what this is. Two options a week, cooked in one long Saturday. I plan it, shop for it, cook it and drive it. Nobody else touches your food.

That's the whole point. Small batches, made by one person who cares how it turns out, not a production line optimizing for shelf life.

Jake Anderson, owner

Get on
the list

Menus go out Thursday. You'll get the week's two options with zero obligation to order anything.

Text me to get on the list

Or email jake@preplabpdx.com and I'll add you.